Kane County State's Attorney Joseph McMahon and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul held a joint press conference Monday announcing their plan to challenge the sentence of former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke who was convicted in the 2014 death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

An Elgin Area School District U-46 board member takes issue with the administration's decision to add gender identity to the list of attributes for which employees cannot be harassed or discriminated against because, she says, it could mean female-identifying teachers who are biologically male could supervise female students in locker rooms.

Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) spoke out about a possible gas tax increase that he said would make Illinois have the highest gas tax in the nation at a press conference Tuesday, joining Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton). Both donned yellow vests during the conference.